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Timothy Brush
Professor
SCIE 2.348
Office: (956) 381-2921
tbrush@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Comparative Embryology (BIOL3407)
Ornithology (BIOL4412)
Advanced Ornithology (BIOL5312)

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Antonio de la Peña
Lecturer
SCIE 1.306
Office: (956) 381-2498
adlpen@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General Biology (BIOL2403, 2404)

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Hudson R. DeYoe
Associate Professor
SCIE 1.324
Office: (956) 381-3538
hdeyoe@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL1402 General Biology

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Robert K. Dearth
Assistant Professor
SCIE 1.312
Office: (956) 380-8750
Res. Lab. SCIE 2.240

Current Courses: BIOL3411
Mammalian Physiology

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Frank J. Dirrigl
Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.344
Office: (956) 380-8732

Current Courses:
BIOL1401-1402 Biology
ENSC3400 Environmental Science & Public Policy
ENSC3401 Environ. Regulations & Impact Analysis

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Kathryn Dodd
Lecturer
SCIE 1.332
Office: (956) 381-2229
kdodd@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL 1401, 1402 General Biology
BIOL 1487, 1488 Honors General Biology
BIOL 2305 Plant Morphology
BIOL 2305 Enviromental Biology
BIOL 3302 Biological Writing

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Robert Edwards
Professor
SCIE 1.316
Office: (956) 381-3545
redwards@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL 4304 Ichthyology
BIOL 6305 Biometry
BIOL 1402 General Biology

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Ardath Egle
Lecturer
SCIE 1.320
Office: (956) 381-2468
elegle@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL 2403, 2404 Anatomy and Physiology

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Mohammed Farooqui
Professor and Chair
SCIE 2.360
Office: (956) 381-3543
farooqui@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL 4416 Enviromental Toxicology
BIOL 3405 Histology
BIOL 3411 Mammalian Physiology
BIOL 3412 Cell Biology

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Zen Faulkes
Associate Professor
SCIE 2.634
Office: (956) 587-9363
zfaulkes@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL 1401 General Biology
BIOL 3310 Neurobiology
BIOL 6324 Evolutionary Theory
BIOL 3302 Biological Writing

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Teresa Patricia Feria
Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.328
Office: (956) 292-7322
tpferia@utpa.edu

 Current Courses:

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Brian Lund Fredensborg
Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.320 (Office)
SCIE 2.492 (Research Lab)
Office: (956) 292-7838
blfredenbor@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
BIOL4407 Animal Parasitology
BIOL5307 Host-parasite interactions
BIOL4402 Marine Zoology
BIOL 4100 Biology Seminar
BIOL3414 Invertebrate Zoology

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Bonnie Gunn
Lecturer
SCIE 3.106
Office: (956) 381-2062
gunnbs@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Biology (BIOL1402)
Biological Writing (BIOL 3302)

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Scott Gunn
Professor
SCIE 1.360
Office: (956) 381-3540
sgunn@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Genetics (BIOL3413)

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Frank W. Judd
Research Professor (retired)
SCIE 1.328
Office: (956) 316-7001
fjudd@utpa.edu

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Anxiu Kuang
Associate Professor
SCIE 1.340
Office: (956) 381-2953
akuang@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Electron Microscopy (BIOL4418, 5418)
General Biology (BIOL1401)
Plant Physiology (BIOL4405/5405)
Seminar (BIOL4100)

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Jonathan Lieman
Assistant Professor
SCIE 1.364
Office: (956) 381 3656
jlieman@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General Biology (BIOL1401)
Molecular Biology Lab

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Kristine Lowe
Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.332
Office: (956) 380-8749
klowe@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Microbial Ecology (BIOL4424/5424)
History of Biology (BIOL6322)

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Luis A. Materon
Associate Professor
SCIE 1.344 (Office)
SCIE 1.214 (Res. Lab)
Office: (956) 316-7140
(956) 292-7320 (Res. Lab)
lmateron@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General Microbiology (BIOL3401)
Medical Microbiology & Immunology (BIOL3303)
Molecular Virology (BIOL4404/5404)
Applied Microbiology (BIOL6321)
Seminar BIOL4100

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Andrew McDonald
Assistant Professor
SCIE 3.114
Office: (956) 381-2065
amcdonald@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Plant Systematics (BIOL 4314/5314)
General Biology (BIOL 1402)

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Michael Persans
Associate Professor
SCIE 2.316
Office: (956) 292-7323
mpersans@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Plant Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (BIOL6420)
Molecular Genetics (BIOL6316)
Biotechnology (BIOL4420/5420)
Introduction to Molecular Biology (BIOL3415)

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Kenneth Summy
Associate Professor
SCIE 2.308
Office: (956) 316-7927
krsummy@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General biology (BIOL1401, 1402)
Entomology (BIOL4315/5315)
Remote Sensing Technology (BIOL4403/5403)

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Matthew Terry
Assistant Professor
SCIE 3.110
Office: (956) 381-2064
mterry1@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General Biology (BIOL1402)
Biological Writing (BIOL3303)

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Christopher Vitek
Assistant Professor
SCIE 2.324
Office: (956) 381-2845
vitekc@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
General Biology (BIOL 1401, 1402)
Biology Seminar (BIOL 4100)
Aquatic Entomology (BIOL 4419)
Medical Entomology (BIOL 4319)

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Cindy Wedig
Lecturer
SCIE 1.308
Office: (956) 381-7025
cindy@utpa.edu

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Fred Zaidan
Associate Professor
SCIE 2.312
Office: (956) 292-7481
fzaidan@utpa.edu

Current Courses:
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIOL 2402)
Herpetology (BIOL 4409/5409)
Ecological Physiology of Animals
(BIOL 4411/5411)

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